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Port-to-port sea distance

Brass to Wilhelmshaven distance

The sea distance from Brass (Nigeria) to Wilhelmshaven (Germany) is about 4,719 nautical miles (8,739 km), via the Dover Strait. At 12 knots that is about 16 days 9 hours at sea.

Distance

4,719 nm

8,739 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

16.4

16 days 9 hours

ECA miles

649 nm

14% of the route

Canals & straits

1

Dover Strait

Sea days by speed

SpeedOne wayRound voyage
10 knots19.7 days39.3 days
11 knots17.9 days35.7 days
12 knots16.4 days32.8 days
13 knots15.1 days30.2 days
14 knots14.0 days28.1 days
15 knots13.1 days26.2 days

Steaming time only, with no allowance for weather, canal waiting or port time. The round voyage assumes the ship ballasts back on the same route.

Routes compared

Shortest route

4,719 nm

16.4 days at 12 kn · Dover Strait · 649 nm in ECA

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Voyage estimates by ship size

About this trade

West Africa crude. Nigerian, Angolan and Congolese light sweet crude, shipped north to Europe on Suezmaxes and east to India and China on VLCCs.

Typical ship sizes
VLCC, Suezmax
Related benchmark routes
TD15 (WAF–China VLCC), TD20 (WAF–UKC Suezmax)

Questions

How far is Brass from Wilhelmshaven by sea?

The sea distance from Brass to Wilhelmshaven is about 4,719 nautical miles (8,739 km), via the Dover Strait.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Brass to Wilhelmshaven?

About 16 days 9 hours at 12 knots, or 14.0 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.

Which canals and straits does the Brass–Wilhelmshaven route pass?

The shortest route passes the Dover Strait.

How much of the voyage is inside an Emission Control Area?

About 649 nm, or 14% of the voyage, is inside an ECA, where ships must burn 0.10% sulphur fuel or use a scrubber.

Terms on this page

Distances are calculated by Vessbook on a modelled global shipping-lane network for a tanker at 12 m draft, from berth area to berth area.

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